I am glad I haven't lived in New York since the 1970's. Because 9/11 victims' notwithstanding, new yorkers could care less about cyclists'. They are only interested in making money and getting somewhere fast. The long-standing unspoken bias of the NYPD towards cyclists', is a perfect example of workforce hatred towards cyclists.

dude would have been better off moving out of the lane to get away from those obstacles. Unquestionably.

Vancouvers bike lanes and bike ways are good for something else other than riding too. They're the new way cops are giving tickets to cyclists riding in them. They stand in them or block the way with a motor cycle. Easy stop.

Vancouvers bike lanes and bike ways are good for something else other than riding too. They're the new way cops are giving tickets to cyclists riding in them. They stand in them or block the way with a motor cycle. Easy stop.

I just cannot fathom that any city's PD would be foolish enough to set up such a deliberate sting operation that is so paper thin to even hold up in court.

At least he didn't get a ticket or arrested for video taping a LEO performing his duties.

Is it illegal to video a cop giving a ticket in NYC? It all depends on the state, but in most states it is legal to video other parties (including police) without their permission, however, it is illegal where I live (Illinois). Here you have to have all parties being recorded's permission to record them (which he could have obtained the officers permission to record it, it did start recording pretty late).

Is it illegal to video a cop giving a ticket in NYC? It all depends on the state, but in most states it is legal to video other parties (including police) without their permission, however, it is illegal where I live (Illinois). Here you have to have all parties being recorded's permission to record them (which he could have obtained the officers permission to record it, it did start recording pretty late).

We've had a number of threads here about people being "busted" for video taping the police and other security personal. While I/we agree that it should be legal to do so. Even in those areas where it is legal LEOs will still try to intimidate the photographer into deleting their video/pictures, confiscating their equipment or just generally harassing people until they (the LEOs) get what they want.

We've seen footage that later cleared innocents of the charges that LEOs have tried to press.

Speaking of being screwed, many riders were screwed in The Great New York City Bicycle Crackdown of 2011 in that they received tickets for things that were not actually illegal. By now I'm sure nearly everybody on the planet Erf has seen the excellent Casey Neistat video, but it warrants inclusion here nonetheless:

I enjoyed this tremendously, but the only thing more frustrating than police ticketing cyclists for not riding in a bike lane is that some people are actually giving the filmmaker a hard time for not wearing a helmet. Apparently here in Canada's custom insole cycle-smugness yields to nothing, not even satire.

sorry, it's just that the helmet compulsionists can't help but say each and every fall with a helmet saved them from sure death or serious injury yet when confronted with contrary evidence they ignore it.

That helmeteers made comments about the lack of helmet in this video after it was posted on Tuesday is ridiculous. My post on this thread 2 days after that would have been better served by mentioning this bit of silliness, but I just made the brief comment and pointed out the far worse issue, police issuing tickets for something that isn't an offense.

Bike lane compulsion is as silly as helmet compulsion. Being able to get out of a bike lane is just as important as retaining the right of choice. And police enforcing fictitious laws for cyclists is anarchy practiced by the very people who should be combatting it.